News & Events
University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
• KRNV Channel 4
Dr. John Pruett, Associate Professor; Child and Adolescent Fellowship Director at UNR Med says the separation of children from their families could have severe effects.
• Nevada Sagebrush
The state of Nevada has a shortage of physician assistants, but the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine is looking to help.
• KUNR Reno Public Radio
Nevada has a shortage of healthcare workers. To combat this problem, the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine is starting a physician assistant studies program.
• KTVN Channel 2
There's a new program at the UNR School of Medicine designed to help improve access to healthcare in the state. Starting next month, UNR Med will be offering a Physician Assistant Studies Program.
• KRNV FoxReno
The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine is welcoming northern Nevadans who are in need of healthcare services to attend their free healthcare clinics this June and July.
• KOLO Channel 8
The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine has a new program that will help create more healthcare professionals in our state. The School of Medicine just announced the new Physician Assistant Studies Program.
• Sierra Sun
Fingers gloved in blue latex fidgeted with each other as the student stood at the back of the group, her eyes peering through clear plastic between surgical mask and elastic hair net.
• KRXI
The UNR School of Medicine is introducing a Physician Assistant Studies Program to the community. The program is the first of its kind in the Nevada System of Higher Education.
• KNPR
The University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine is looking to expand its physical space into a 60,000-square-foot, $9 million building.
• Reno Gazette Journal
The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine is looking to buy a 60,000-square-foot building at 745 W. Moana Lane.
• Generation Boomer
Recently, the University of Nevada Reno, School of Medicine, Associate Professor Dr. Seungil Ro, Ph.D., was awarded a sizeable grant following an important discoveryfinding a molecule that can be used to inhibit and treat Type 2 diabetes.
• Medical Health News
Women in northern Nevada will have more options and resources for their health care, thanks to the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) opening a new UNR Med Women's Health Center, offering obstetrical, gynecological, and midwifery care to women in Reno and northern Nevada.
• KOLO
Since 1997, the School of Medicine at the University of Nevada, Reno has conducted free health clinics for local residents. The Student Outreach Clinics have helped around 15,000 people. KOLO's 8 News Now Terri Russel went to the clinic to see how it operates and why it's a real learning experience.
• Nevada Today
The UNR Med Class of 2018 produced triple physician legacies. UNR Med’s commencement Friday, May 18, became a full-circle moment for three UNR Med alums who all have children who graduated with their Doctor of Medicine degrees.
• KRNV
More than 69 graduates from the UNR School of Medicine received their doctorate of medicine degrees.
• KTVN
After this morning's commencement ceremony at the University, students graduating with their M.D.'s participated in a hooding ceremony.
• HealthTech
The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, for instance, uses telemedicine tools via Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) to connect university-based specialists with primary-care clinicians to allow for faster, more efficient knowledge sharing.
• Nevada Today
Shawnice Kraeber is the first student to graduate from the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine after completing the post-baccalaureate program.
• Nevada NewsMakers
Nevada NewsMakers host Sam Shad discusses the new UNR Med Physician Assistant Studies Program with Brian Lauf, PA-C, Founding Director, UNR Med Physician Assistant Studies Program
• KTVN
Today the Nevada Donor Network dedicated a memorial garden in honor of local eye, organ and tissue donors on the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine campus. The garden is filled with plants known for their healing properties.
• KUNR
Every year a group of women gets together to begin the journey of taking back their physical and mental health, after battling breast cancer.
• Las Vegas Review Journal
This is a pivotal moment for Nevada when it comes to health care.
• KOLO
Brother and sister, John-Henry and Rachael Lambin have just completed taking a final in their first year of medical school at UNR.
• KTVN
$2 million in funding has been granted to University of Nevada's School of Medicine after a promising discovery.
• KOH Newstalk 780 AM
University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine Associate Professor Seungil Ro, Ph.D has made a major break through in diabetes research, and was just funded with a $2 million dollar contract from a South Korean company for a more in depth study.
